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Self-Determination
Question | Answer |
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Was the leader of China during the 1980s. He was known for strengthening China’s economy through the Four Modernizations. | Deng Xiaoping |
The Chinese economic reform program under Deng Xiaoping that emphasized agriculture, industry, science, and defense. | Four Modernizations |
In 1989, demonstrators peacefully assembled to push for greater democracy in China and were attacked by government troops and tanks. | Tiananmen Square Massacre |
Was the prime minister of India who led several reform movements and was assassinated in 1983. | Indira Gandhi |
Not allied with any side in a conflict. | Nonaligned |
The use of nuclear energy and the proliferation, or spread, of nuclear weapons that poses serious potential threats to the global environment. | Nuclear Proliferation |
The Catholic terrorist group in the United Kingdom fighting to drive British Protestants from Northern Ireland (Ulster). | Irish Republican Army |
Guerrillas who fought against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. | Contras |
Was the leader of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. He introduced Socialist reforms in Nicaragua. | Daniel Ortega |
A group of reform-minded revolutionaries who overthrew the Nicaraguan government in 1979. | Sandinistas |
Part of former Soviet Union whose quest for independence has been stopped by Russian military. | Chechnya |
The current President of Russia and also ruled from 2000-2008 who had formerly worked for the KGB. | Vladimir Putin |
An area in former the Yugoslavia where ethnic tensions have risen between Serbs and Muslims. | Bosnia |
The policy of forcibly removing or killing people of a certain ethnic group. | Ethnic Cleansing |
An ethnic group that dominates in Bosnia, Kosovo, and other regions of the former Yugoslavia. | Serbs |
A Serb extremist leader who stirred ethnic unrest to help gain control of the former Yugoslavia. | Slobodan Milosevic |
A monotheistic religion found primarily in India, specifically in the state of Punjab. Sikhs have sought to create an independent state from India, often leading to conflict with the Indian government. | Sikhism |
Native to a country or region. | Indigenous |
First prime minister of India after independence, from 1947-1964. Sought to modernize India and secularize Indian society. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
A disputed territory in the Himalayas, claimed by both India and Pakistan, that has been a source of conflict between the two countries. | Kashmir |
Period of famine in Ireland when poor crop harvests and British control of the potato production in Ireland led to mass starvation. Also known as “The Great Hunger”. | Irish Potato Famine |
An act that violates international rules for war. | War Crime |
To put an end to, to do away with. | Suppress |
An agreement; finding acceptable middle ground in a disagreement. | Compromise |
To transfer a business from public to private ownership. | Privatize |